Centre for Plant Biodiversity
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Centre for Plant Biodiversity
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CSIRO is spearheading a consortium of research agencies developing a major new initiative in the taxonomy of Australian plants and animals, beginning in January 2007. Collaborating institutions include the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Biological Resources Study, The Australian National University, James Cook University, La Trobe University (Albury campus), the South Australian Museum, the University of Adelaide, and the Centre for Biological Information Technology.
The initiative will offer training in modern systematic methods and will develop new tools and techniques with a focus on the taxonomy of poorly understood groups. The initial focus will be on ants, aquatic insects, environmental weeds and small terrestrial vertebrates. Significant resources will be devoted to new informatic solutions that increase the rate and range of taxonomic knowledge production.
PhD students training through this scheme will be eligible for operating funds and APA topup grants to assist their research. They also will benefit from the broader inter-institutional research agenda of this initiative.
Prospective students who will be applying for APA scholarships in 2006 for PhD studies starting in 2007 should make contact with one of the researchers below for more information.
Dr John Trueman, ANU john.trueman@anu.edu.au ph 02 - 6125 3059
Dr David Yeates, CSIRO Entomology david.yeates@csiro.au ph 02 - 62464282
Dr Judy West, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research judy.west@csiro.au ph 02 - 62465113
